The following information was prepared by Mary Levy on the FY 2013 Budget.  There are further details in some of the recent attachments listed below.

DCPS FY 2013 BUDGET

                                                                                                                                --prepared by Mary Levy, May 8, 2012

Services for Students are Cut.  DCPS is projecting next year’s enrollment as the same as this year’s – but for the second year in a row is taking resources away from local schools:

·          DCPS is eliminating the jobs of 5% of classroom teachers, and most schools are losing teachers even if their enrollment is stable.

·          Supplies & equipment budgets are cut by 25%.

·          One third of schools are losing their librarian unless they use a teacher position to fund it.

·          Custodian positions are cut by 10%.

In addition, special education funding is flat, despite the fact that the cost of special education teachers, psychologists, social workers, and other therapeutic staff is rising by 5%.   After-school programs have less than half the funding they did last year, and summer school is barely funded.

Where Does the Money Go?  The Mayor’s proposed budget is $795.0 million in total funds,[1] $646 million in local funds.   We define funding for schools as all direct services to children, including non-instructional areas such as food service and security. 

 

 

Central office spending -- $136.2 million -- supports a large and expensive bureaucracy:

·          Analyses by the DC Council Chairman show that DCPS “School Support” includes positions for Deputy Chiefs and Directors that alone add up to $5.7 million in salaries and fringe benefits.

·          The central office employee list for next year includes over 400 people at pay levels EG 13 and up, or ET 10 and up:  8 Chiefs, 13 Deputy Chiefs, 6 Chiefs of Staff and Deputy Chiefs of staff, 62 Directors, 6 Deputy and Assistant Directors, 77 Managers, 18 Analysts, 141 Specialists, 18 Analysts, and 59 Coordinators.

·          There are many more employees in central offices than in the past – almost 700 compared to 400 or 500 performing the same functions when enrollment was much larger.

	FY 1981	FY 1996	FY 2003	FY 2005	FY 2007	FY 2011	FY 2012
Central office FTEs	516	405	535	519	626	775	694
Total FTEs			8,453	7,962	7,138	7,578	6,805
Audited enrollment	94,601	77,746	63,369	58,548	52,191	45,630	45,191
Students/cent FTE	183	192	118	113	83	59

·          Over 100 central office employees have salaries of $100,000 or more – 3 times as many as their predecessors (earlier years adjusted for inflation)

 

 

·          DCPS also spends millions in contracts for consultants for the same central functions.

 

In addition, the Fringe Benefits budget appears to be over-funded by at least $15 million, and the Fixed Costs (utilities) budget is much higher than has been spent in the past.

Allocations for Local Schools:  FY 2012 vs. FY 2013

 

Upper Level Central Office Positions FY 2013

Job Title	EX/MSS	EG 15-16	EG 14	EG 13	ET 5,6,7	ET 10	Total
Chief	8						8
Deputy Chief	11	1			1		13
Chief of Staff	2	2					4
Deputy Chief of Staff		2					2
Director	16	41	5				62
Deputy/Asst Director			3		3		6
Manager		48	24	2	2		76
Specialist		34	82	5	7	13	141
Analyst		2		43		14	45
Coordinator		2		43		14	45
	37	132	114	93	13	41	402
Lowest salary	$100,000	$76,152	$67,333	$56,980	$72,251	$75,784
Highest salary	$170,000	$125,047	$104,718	$86,393	$149,626	$88,084

 

--prepared by Mary Levy, May 8, 2012